![]() ![]() At that point I never had heard of Orange except maybe from Wishbone Ash. You know in about 1970, I bought a Marshall stack. So, I jumped on it and I said ‘holy crap!!’ I played it and absolutely fell in love with that amp! I said ‘OK, what the heck’ as it was mic’d up and all. The stage was loaded with big amps and they tell me to play through this little Orange. I sat in at an after party one time here in Greenville. The amp that I showed to you and Jon actually belonged to a friend of mine and Marcus’, Charles Hedgepath, who plays with the Shady Recruits. So, is that an amp that you’ve used a long time? And is it, perhaps the first Orange amp that Marcus played through? Marvin, you brought an amplifier to the Marcus King Band Family Reunion Festival in Asheville, North Carolina a few weeks ago, which was fabulous. But anyway, I gotta go meet a tour manager at the showroom and swap some cabinets out at 2 o’clock. Well, because we had consolidated radio, we all listened to the same music. I think if this were the 70s or 80s he’d already be all over the radio. This world we live in now is so different, you know. We were chatting away on the phone when I realized that I had better turn on the recorder and get to it. I wanted to know how he’s enjoying his son’s phenomenal success and as a touring guitarist himself for many years, just how proud he is of his son. Marvin King and I have gotten to know each other pretty well over the last few years. ![]()
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